King's I Have a Dream speech given on August 28, 1963.

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Grant Park Obama Rally November 4, 20008“Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It’s very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family.” - The Dalai LamaTonight,  for the first time in my life, I witnessed a shift in consciousness play itself out in front of me. Something in my soul quaked, something in my heart melted and cried. Where to begin with words? What I feel is raw, visceral, and hard to squash into language. I believe that this is what love feels like, when applied to the whole. Loving life, loving these times…loving being human, and here, and now. If I had to pick my greatest passion in this life, it would be the abolishment of ignorance and the embracing of diversity. I have always felt like an outsider in this regard, especially in relation to being a United States citizen, a woman who loves another woman, an animal rights activist, and a general misfit. Thirty years in this body has shown me that I am in the minority. Thirty years in this body has shown me that injustice always wins, always prospers–especially in relation to government. If you had told me two months ago that in the future I would have a president that I was inspired by, I would have told you that you were crazy. Tonight, all of that has shifted. Several months ago I saw Barack Obama as “the best of the worst”. Over the past few days, it dissipated into zeal and passion for this candidate–and over the past day, it has shifted to something entirely different. I believe this man is genuine, and I am prone to mistrust. I believe in my country again, wheras I was embarassed to be an American before. I believe that ignorance does not dominate, and that change can be accomplished. While watching Obama’s acceptance speech, I was in sobbing tears. There is something special about this man. It’s that sp...

Mas sem o homem do vídeo abaixo, nada disto teria sido possível, daqui para frente a vida dos racistas vai ser um pouco mais difícil , e isto sem dúvida é uma vitória para todos nós.Posted in politica internacional, USA Tagged: eleicões, Obama, USA

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“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”(Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)Regardless if you are old enough to have lived through the tempest of hatred during the 1960s or just young enough to get to read about the Civil Rights Movement in school, the reality of the famed “I Have a Dream” speech is more alive today than it ever has been since it was delivered 45 years ago today in the shadow of the man that freed the slaves.Today is the anniversary of what happens when determination meets rumination. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man with a passion to serve the Lord and defend the rights of the voiceless, the helpless, the hopeless. He fought with vigor and determination for equality. He was convinced that men and women were the same despite physical differences, they were identical although their parents were not, they shared much more in common that geography - they shared identity.Despite those separations and transgressions, the groups of people arguing about issues these days are not divided by color or creed - and that is something to embrace. Whites and blacks stand side-by-side, arm-in-arm debating the same point with another group of folk that look just like them - mixed, diverse yet unified.What this nation is going to witness tonight is so much more than some political candidate babbling about his 10-year plans, strength of his issues and dancing in circles. That is typical, except this evening has a special impetus.This year is submerged with political tension dividing most of the nation for one party or another, and tonight is the culmination of that angst - at least for half the country. People insisting on verbal bashing rather than communicating because of partisan blindness. Families divided among political deafness only accepting to hear that which is appeasing to their own preference. We have all seen it and most of us are living it. However,...